2008 Indian Premier League
The 2008 Indian Premier League season was the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League, established by the BCCI in 2007. The season commenced on 18 April 2008 with the final match was held on 1 June 2008.[1] The competition started with a double round robin league stage, in which each of the 8 teams played a home match and an away match against every other team. These matches were followed by two semi-finals and a final.[2]
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| Dates | 18 April 2008 – 1 June 2008 |
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| Administrator(s) | Board of Control for Cricket in India |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and knockout |
| Host(s) | India |
| Champions | Rajasthan Royals (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Chennai Super Kings |
| Matches | 59 |
| Attendance | 3,422,000 (58,000 per match) |
| Player of the series | Shane Watson (Rajasthan Royals) |
| Most runs | Shaun Marsh (Kings XI Punjab) (616) |
| Most wickets | Sohail Tanvir (Rajasthan Royals) (21) |
| Official website | www |
In a match which went down to the last ball, Rajasthan Royals defeated Chennai Super Kings in the final to win the title,[3] with Yusuf Pathan named the player of the match in the Finals and Shane Watson adjudged the player of the tournament.[4] Sohail Tanvir won the purple cap for being the top wicket-taking bowler while Shaun Marsh won the orange cap for leading run-scorer in the tournament. Shreevats Goswami was awarded the best under-19 player award and the special award for Fair Play was won by the CSK.
Auctions and personnel signings
The auctions for team ownership was held on January 24, 2008. Mumbai was the most expensive team, costing over US$111.9 million.[5] For the inaugural IPL season, each team had a salary cap of US$5 million (Rs. 20 crore approx.). Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag were classified as icon players. They played for the franchises representing their home towns and hence did not enter the auction. Few players were classified as marquee players and the teams which lost out on icon players were allowed one extra marquee player to be selected in the auction.[6] The first auction was conducted on 20 February 2008 with Mahendra Singh Dhoni winning the highest bid of US$1.5 million. Andrew Symonds was the most costly foreign player.[7] A further second auction was held for few foreign players signed. Teams also signed players on individual basis.[8]
Venues
| Chennai | Mumbai | Mohali |
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| M. A. Chidambaram Stadium Capacity: 50,000 |
Wankhede Stadium Capacity: 45,000 |
PCA Stadium Capacity: 30,000 |
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| Kolkata | Bangalore | Navi Mumbai |
| Eden Gardens Capacity: 80,000 |
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Capacity: 55,000 |
DY Patil Stadium Capacity: 55,000 |
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| Hyderabad | Delhi | Jaipur |
| Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium Capacity: 55,000 |
Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium Capacity: 48,000 |
Sawai Mansingh Stadium Capacity: 30,000 |
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Rules and regulations
Points in the group stage were awarded as follows:
| Results | Points |
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| Win | 2 points |
| No result | 1 point |
| Loss | 0 points |
In the event of tied scores after both teams have faced their quota of overs, a bowl-out will determine the winner, even in the group stage.[9]
In the group stage, teams will be ranked on the following criteria:[10]
- Higher number of points
- If equal, higher number of wins
- If still equal, net run rate
- If still equal, lower bowling strike rate
- If still equal, result of head-to-head meeting.
Teams and standings
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Rajasthan Royals (C) | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0.632 |
| 2 | Kings XI Punjab | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.509 |
| 3 | Chennai Super Kings (R) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | −0.192 |
| 4 | Delhi Daredevils | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 0.342 |
| 5 | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.570 |
| 6 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 13 | −0.147 |
| 7 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | −1.160 |
| 8 | Deccan Chargers | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 4 | −0.467 |
- (C) = Eventual champion; (R) = Runner-up.
Match summary
| Home team won | Visitor team won |
- Note: Results listed are according to the home (horizontal) and visitor (vertical) teams.
- Note: Click on a result to see a summary of the match.
| Win | Loss | No result |
- Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
- Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.
League stage
Matches
Kolkata Knight Riders 222/3 (20 overs) |
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Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) 82 all out (15.1 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
Chennai Super Kings 240/5 (20 overs) |
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Kings XI Punjab (H) 207/4 (20 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Rajasthan Royals 129/8 (20 overs) |
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Delhi Daredevils (H) 132/1 (15.1 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
Deccan Chargers 110 all out (18.4 overs) |
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Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 112/5 (19 overs) |
- Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Mumbai Indians 165/6 (20 overs) |
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Royal Challengers Bangalore 166/5 (19.4 overs) |
- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.
Kings XI Punjab 166/8 (20 overs) |
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Rajasthan Royals (H) 168/4 (18.1 overs) |
- Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Deccan Chargers 142/8 (20 overs) |
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Delhi Daredevils 143/1 (13 overs) |
- Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Chennai Super Kings 208/5 (20 overs) |
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Mumbai Indians 202/7 (20 overs) |
- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Deccan Chargers 214/5 (20 overs) |
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Rajasthan Royals 217/7 (19.5 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Kings XI Punjab 182 all out (20 overs) |
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Mumbai Indians 116/9 (20 overs) |
- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
Kolkata Knight Riders 147/9 (20 overs) |
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Chennai Super Kings (H) 152/1 (17 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 135/8 (20 overs) |
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Rajasthan Royals 138/3 (17.1 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Delhi Daredevils 158/8 (20 overs) |
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Kings XI Punjab (H) 162/6 (19.3 overs) |
- Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Mumbai Indians 154/7 (20 overs) |
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Deccan Chargers 155/0 (12.0 overs) |
- Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field.
Chennai Super Kings 178/5 (20 overs) |
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Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) 165 all out (19.4 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders 137/8 (20 overs) |
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Mumbai Indians 138/3 (18.4 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Delhi Daredevils 191/5 (20 overs) |
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Royal Challengers Bangalore 181/5 (20 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Rajasthan Royals 196/7 (20 overs) |
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Kolkata Knight Riders 151 all out (19.1 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Deccan Chargers 164/8 (20 overs) |
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Kings XI Punjab 167/3 (18.5 overs) |
- Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Chennai Super Kings 169/6 (20 overs) |
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Delhi Daredevils 172/2 (19 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 156/8 (20 overs) |
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Deccan Chargers 153/6 (20 overs) |
- Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Kings XI Punjab 178/6 (20 overs) |
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Kolkata Knight Riders 169/6 (20 overs) |
- Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Mumbai Indians 162/8 (20 overs) |
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Delhi Daredevils 133 all out (18.5 overs) |
- Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.
Chennai Super Kings 109 all out (19 overs) |
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Rajasthan Royals (H) 110/2 (14.2 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 126 all out (19.2 overs) |
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Kings XI Punjab 127/4 (18.2 overs) |
- Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Chennai Super Kings 144/7 (20 overs) |
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Deccan Chargers 148/3 (18 overs) |
- Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field.
Rajasthan Royals 103 all out (16.2 overs) |
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Mumbai Indians (H) 104/3 (15.1 overs) |
- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Delhi Daredevils 187/5 (20 overs) |
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Chennai Super Kings 188/6 (20 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders 129/7 (16 overs) |
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Royal Challengers Bangalore 124/4 (16 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rain reduced play to 16 overs per side.
Deccan Chargers 140/8 (20 overs) |
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Rajasthan Royals (H) 141/2 (16 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Chennai Super Kings 181/4 (20 overs) |
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Kings XI Punjab 163/9 (20 overs) |
- Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
Kolkata Knight Riders 204/4 (20 overs) |
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Deccan Chargers (H) 181/7 (20 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
Delhi Daredevils 156/7 (20 overs) |
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Rajasthan Royals (H) 159/7 (19.1 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Royal Challengers Bangalore 143/8 (20 overs) |
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Kings XI Punjab (H) 144/1 (15.4 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders 133/6 (20 overs) |
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Delhi Daredevils 110 all out (17.5 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
Chennai Super Kings 156/6 (20 overs) |
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Mumbai Indians (H) 158/1 (13.5 overs) |
- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Delhi Daredevils 194/4 (20 overs) |
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Deccan Chargers 182/9 (20 overs) |
- Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field.
Kolkata Knight Riders 67 all out (15.2 overs) |
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Mumbai Indians (H) 68/2 (5.3 overs) |
- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Rajasthan Royals 197/1 (20 overs) |
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Royal Challengers Bangalore 132/9 (20 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Delhi Daredevils 118/4 (11 overs) |
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Kings XI Punjab 94/3 (8 overs) |
- Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rain interrupted play after during Delhi's innings and reduced the match to 11 overs per side. Rain then ended play after 8 overs in Punjab's innings. Their par score was 88 runs according to the Duckworth–Lewis method.
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders 149/5 (20 overs) |
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Chennai Super Kings 55/0 (8 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rain ended play after 8 overs in Chennai's innings. Their par score was 52 runs according to the Duckworth–Lewis method.
Mumbai Indians 178/7 (20 overs) |
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Deccan Chargers (H) 153/7 (20 overs) |
- Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field.
- Deccan Chargers were eliminated as a result of this match.
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 154/7 (20 overs) |
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Delhi Daredevils 158/5 (18.2 overs) |
- Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.
- Royal Challengers Bangalore were eliminated as a result of this match.
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders 147/8 (20 overs) |
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Rajasthan Royals 150/4 (16.3 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
- Rajasthan Royals qualified for playoffs as a result of this match.
Kings XI Punjab 189/4 (20 overs) |
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Mumbai Indians (H) 188 all out (20 overs) |
- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
- Mumbai Indians 5 run outs in their innings is a record in the IPL[11]
Royal Challengers Bangalore 126/8 (20 overs) |
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Chennai Super Kings (H) 112/8 (20 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Delhi Daredevils |
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- Match abandoned due to rain.
- Kings XI Punjab qualified for playoffs, and Kolkata Knight Riders were eliminated as a result of this match.
Deccan Chargers 175/4 (20 overs) |
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Kings XI Punjab (H) 178/4 (19.3 overs) |
- Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
Rajasthan Royals 211/5 (20 overs) |
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Chennai Super Kings (H) 201/7 (20 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
Mumbai Indians 176/8 (20 overs) |
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Delhi Daredevils (H) 179/5 (19.5 overs) |
- Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Deccan Chargers 165 all out (20 overs) |
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Royal Challengers Bangalore 171/5 (19 overs) |
- Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat.
Kings XI Punjab 174/6 (20 overs) |
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Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 175/7 (19.4 overs) |
- Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
Mumbai Indians 145/7 (20 overs) |
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Rajasthan Royals (H) 146/5 (20 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
- Delhi Daredevils qualified for playoffs as a result of this match.
(H) Deccan Chargers 147/8 (20 overs) |
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Chennai Super Kings 148/3 (19.2 overs) |
- Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat.
- Chennai Super Kings qualified for playoffs, and Mumbai Indians were eliminated as a result of this match.
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 122/9 (18 overs) |
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Mumbai Indians 126/1 (16 overs) |
- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain reduced play to 18 overs per side.
(H) Kings XI Punjab 221/3 (20 overs) |
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Rajasthan Royals 180/7 (20 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Playoffs
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||||
| 30 May — Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | ||||||||
| 1 | Rajasthan Royals | 192/9 (20 overs) | ||||||
| 1 June — DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai | ||||||||
| 4 | Delhi Daredevils | 87 (16.1 overs) | ||||||
| SF1W | Rajasthan Royals | 164/7 (20 overs) | ||||||
| 31 May — Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | ||||||||
| SF2W | Chennai Super Kings | 163/5 (20 overs) | ||||||
| 2 | Kings XI Punjab | 112/8 (20 overs) | ||||||
| 3 | Chennai Super Kings | 116/1 (14.5 overs) | ||||||
Semi-final 1
Rajasthan Royals 192/9 (20 overs) |
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Delhi Daredevils 87 (16.1 overs) |
- Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.
Semi-final 2
Kings XI Punjab 112/8 (20 overs) |
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Chennai Super Kings 116/1 (14.5 overs) |
- Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
Final
Chennai Super Kings 163/5 (20 overs) |
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Rajasthan Royals 164/7 (20 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Statistics
Most runs
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS |
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| Shaun Marsh | Kings XI Punjab | 11 | 11 | 616 | 115 |
| Gautam Gambhir | Delhi Daredevils | 14 | 14 | 534 | 86 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 14 | 514 | 114 not out |
| Shane Watson | Rajasthan Royals | 15 | 15 | 472 | 76 not out |
| Graeme Smith | Rajasthan Royals | 11 | 11 | 441 | 91 |
The tournament's leading scorer wore an orange cap when fielding.[12]
Most wickets
| Player | Team | Mat | Wkts | BBI |
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| Sohail Tanvir | Rajasthan Royals | 11 | 22 | 6/14 |
| Sreesanth | Kings XI Punjab | 15 | 19 | 3/29 |
| Shane Warne | Rajasthan Royals | 15 | 18 | 3/19 |
| Shane Watson | Rajasthan Royals | 15 | 17 | 3/10 |
| Manpreet Gony | Chennai Super Kings | 16 | 17 | 3/25 |
The tournament's leading wicket taker wore a purple cap when fielding.[13]
- Note: Economy rate acts as a tie-breaker if players are level for most wickets.
Controversies
Cheerleaders
The IPL has been criticised by a few politicians and feminists for bringing in foreign cheerleaders, which is seen by many to not be in the traditional spirit of the game, as well as being against some Indian sensibilities.[14] Two cheerleaders from London were asked to leave the ground at Mohali "because of the colour of their skin" by Wizcraft International Entertainment, which handles the team Kings XI Punjab. Ellesha Newton and Sherinne Anderson, both from London and of African ancestry were allegedly barred from entering the stadium by employees of Wizcraft International Entertainment on the pretext that "people don't like dark girls here".[15] Both the girls also allege that an employee referred to them with the racial slur "nigger".[16]
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said a probe would be initiated by the IPL only if the two women officially complain to IPL commissioner Lalit Modi.
BCCI and IPL officials are surprised that the two cheerleaders did not complain about the alleged racist behaviour while they were in India and spoke about it only after they returned to London.
"We have not received any complaint from any cheerleaders that they were asked to leave by the Mohali-based Kings XI Punjab franchise recently because of the colour of their skin," BCCI joint secretary M.P. Pandove said in Mohali.[17]
Sreesanth – Harbhajan Singh altercation
On 25 April 2008, following the Kings XI Punjab's victory over the Mumbai Indians at Mohali, Punjab player Sreesanth was slapped under his eye by Harbhajan Singh, the in-stand captain of Mumbai. The incident came to light as Sreesanth was caught by TV cameras sobbing inconsolably on the field before the presentation ceremony. Sreesanth had since downplayed the incident saying he had no complaints against Harbhajan who was "like an elder brother" to him. Harbhajan's team had lost their third consecutive match when he apparently reacted violently to Sreesanth's approaching him and reportedly saying "hard luck". The footage of the slap has not yet been released for public viewing. The BCCI launched an investigation into the incident and decided to ban Harbhajan for the remainder 11 matches of the Twenty20 tournament.[18][19][20][21]
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